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    "id": 1192695,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1192695/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kacheliba, KUP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Titus Lotee",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is sad to note that some of the artisans’ products that have been produced before have been sold in foreign countries, and those countries have claimed ownership. Look at the product called kiondo for example. I am told that it was taken by Japanese and it became their product yet, it was developed by our local artisans. The reason why the Japanese took this product is because our artisans were so powerless to develop, patent and market their product. Therefore, for us to continue developing and protecting our artisans and the products they are producing, we need to put money into it. It should not only 2 per cent of the NG-CDF, but more than that. If we do not put resources into our artisans, then we are going to fail terribly. If you look at the innovation on Safaricom M-pesa, that was actually a Kenyan made product, it has gained global traction. It was taken from Kenyans by those who had money to protect, consume it and replicate it as well and call it their own. Unless we put resources into our artisans, we will be losing a lot of our products to those that have got the funding."
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